Having REEL Fun
Brrr… Baby it’s Cold Outside. Don’t let the cool days keep you from hooking up. Just remember it’s not the temp that makes things...
The Coffee Table
Vocabulary Diet
My son and I swap notes about things we’ve appreciated on Netflix. I’d rather not waste my time sampling undesirable shows, so I lean...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week December 6 – 12, 2023
St. Nick, Hanukkah, New Moon, Two Marys & Mercury retrograde!
We have a week filled with multiple festivals, a saint’s day, a festival of light,...
The Dirt on Nicky
Parsley’s age rolls merry with time
Don’t you just love parsley? This nutritious carrot family member is consumed in our happy nation more than any...
HavingREELFun
Has anyone ever worn a shirt that says I love my girlfriend more than spearfishing?
18-year-old Chris Cantrell started diving and spearfishing a couple of...
The Coffee Table
I’m grateful for the continued opportunity to extemporize in what was, until his recent passing, my husband’s space in this newspaper. I promise not...
The Coffee Table
Oblivious Upbringings — Part I
I am not the cleanest person on the planet, but I like order. Kinda makes sense. My mom was a neatnik and...
The Coffee Table
Color Me Human
The first words a new mother hears are “It’s a boy!” or “It’s a girl!” At that instant, something clicks in the...
The Dirt on Nicky
Large and furry
Back when some of us spoke proto-Indo-European, we called it “moldus” because the leaves were soft. Millennia went by in a flash...
The Nature of Eureka
Bittercress — Salad Green among the Weeds
It’s challenging to walk through fields and forest this time of year and pick a bouquet of flowers....